Umfang:
1 online resource (156 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781447351191
Serie:
Third Sector Research Series
Inhalt:
Ciaran Hughes and Markus Ketola explore the consequences of neoliberal policies on the voluntary sector in Northern Ireland. They trace the changing relationships between government and voluntary organisations since the Good Friday Agreement and lessons about the impact of neoliberal policies on governance, relationships and the peace process.
Inhalt:
Front Cover -- Neoliberalism and the Voluntary and Community Sector in Northern Ireland -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Series editor's foreword -- one Introduction -- Structure of the book -- The shape and size of the VCS in NI -- Data collection -- Rolling out neoliberal reforms -- Governance in times of peace and conflict -- Two Neoliberal enrolment? The 'partnership turn' in government rhetoric and policy -- The Conservative Party and the 'partnership turn' -- New Labour and the third way -- Decoupling from the 'mini public sector': the Coalition and Conservative administrations' approach to the VCS -- The VCS in NI -- The shift to peace and neoliberalism -- Conclusion -- Three Getting connected: celebrating the value of connections and networks -- The value of horizontal networks at the community level -- Making the connections -- Building and strengthening 'the fabric of society' -- Developing the state-civil society partnership: vertical relationship building -- Networked insiders as agents of change -- VCS pragmatism and innovation -- Conclusion -- Four Inside the networks: the rhetoric and the reality -- 'Marriages of convenience' and the roll out of market norms -- Siloed working, organisational change and the trend towards monopolisation -- Resource dependency, organisational survival and adapting to a changing environment -- Conclusion -- Five Independence of voice, purpose and action -- Independence of purpose and action -- Austerity, mission drift and sectoral 'opportunities' -- An independent voice? -- Conclusion -- Six Conclusion -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.
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Weitere Ausg.:
9781447351184
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9781447351184
Sprache:
Englisch
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